You need to install the MPC splitter instead of Haali. MPC-HC will use it as an internal filter, but for other programs to use it, you need to register it. I think it's available from the same site you download MPC-HC.

Ha, I been assuming all along that Haali and Matroskasplitter were one of the same.

No, they are not the same.

Btw, unless uninstalling Haali you can't get rid of it since it's a source+splitter filter which means selecting an another source filter will not work if Haali is already installed.
Get rid of it asap.

Ha, I been assuming all along that Haali and Matroskasplitter were one of the same.

ATM, WMP/MCE does not bitstream any of my MKV's since I removed Haali.
After getting MPC working within MCE (thanks to one of your guides) and all bitstreaming was finally working well I decided to leave it alone for awhile.

Yeah, you can just grab the MatroskaSplitter from the MPC site and register. Right now though I find using MPC as a player is the best option.

Sorry forgot to ask, can you zip up the modified profiles.xml as well? Thanks.

Someone else was having their 5670 idle at 600 MHz IIRC which was suspicious, and seeing your profiles.xml file, it seems that the 5670 should idle at 157/300 like the 5770.

My HIS 5670 idles at 600/900. I don't know if it's the driver or the BIOS on the HIS. I have the Dec 16th special "5670" driver, not the 10.1 Hotfix. I was going to wait for 10.2 to upgrade, but now I may try the 10.1 Hotfix.

There's a newer "10.1", the one that was linked in Anandtech's last post about the 5570. Not sure if the later hotfixes are inclusive of the earlier ones though. Trying different drivers is a good idea, hopefully it's not BIOS.

Somebody linked to this page before, see if your BIOS has been updated as well.

Is it the same when you disable Overdrive (which should enable Powerplay's default settings)? Which drivers are you using (be specific please, there are at least three 10.1 hotfixes, plus the standard 10.1 at the ATI site).

For now probably you shouldn't mess with the GPU clock tool, I'm not sure what exactly it's doing under the hood. When you change the clocks with that it's different, I think Powerplay gets disabled completely, and DXVA won't set your clocks to its predetermined values.

Is it the same when you disable Overdrive (which should enable Powerplay's default settings)? Which drivers are you using (be specific please, there are at least three 10.1 hotfixes, plus the standard 10.1 at the ATI site).

For now probably you shouldn't mess with the GPU clock tool, I'm not sure what exactly it's doing under the hood. When you change the clocks with that it's different, I think Powerplay gets disabled completely, and DXVA won't set your clocks to its predetermined values.

For some reason your mem clocks are being reported as half as what they should. Not sure if it's a bug in the drivers or just in the monitoring programs. Does it say the same numbers on GPU-Z and on CCC?

the 400/450 number should be 400/900 which is the same as with my 5770 when DXVA is enabled (such as when you're playing with TMT3).

klillevo and cybrsage are having other troubles, if you notice. They can't get the clocks down to proper idle numbers.

For some reason your mem clocks are being reported as half as what they should. Not sure if it's a bug in the drivers or just in the monitoring programs. Does it say the same numbers on GPU-Z and on CCC?

the 400/450 number should be 400/900 which is the same as with my 5770 when DXVA is enabled (such as when you're playing with TMT3).

klillevo and cybrsage are having other troubles, if you notice. They can't get the clocks down to proper idle numbers.

CCC and GPU-Z show different numbers (IIRC CCC shows 900), I don't know which to trust lol. So if it's not the clock speed, what could be causing this awful stuttering problem?

Also, the problem is only occurring on certain movies, and not even when it's at it's highest bitrate. I've seen it go fine at 38 mbps, but then at like 22 it'll stutter. I don't know if this matters...

Could this be an EDID issue? I'm using one of the ones from Tulli, maybe it'd help if it were the exact EDID info? idk...

The new hotfix is here. It fixes the ESVP issues with the 5570, but it's a newer build nonetheless.

I installed the latest 10.1 Hotfix and the idle numbers are the same 600/900 for my HIS 5670. This must be a BIOS problem on the HIS board. Otherwise a pretty good HTPC card. It explains why some reviews showed higher IDLE watt numbers for this card than other 5670 cards.

Some rep from from HIS tries to say otherwise in the user reviews on Newegg.com, but then they better come out with a fixed BIOS to correct the idle power usage and temp. It shouldn't need to run at 63C 600/900 MHz idle!http://******/8ypVD
See the user review top of page 2 ("Idle power consumption"), and the rep's answer.

You need to install the MPC splitter instead of Haali. MPC-HC will use it as an internal filter, but for other programs to use it, you need to register it. I think it's available from the same site you download MPC-HC.

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Originally Posted by ricabullah

No, they are not the same.

Btw, unless uninstalling Haali you can't get rid of it since it's a source+splitter filter which means selecting an another source filter will not work if Haali is already installed.
Get rid of it asap.

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Originally Posted by dbone1026

Yeah, you can just grab the MatroskaSplitter from the MPC site and register. Right now though I find using MPC as a player is the best option.

You were all of course right on the money! Cleaned out Haali, registered MatroskaSplitter.ax and viola WMP/MCE was able to bitstream everything .
AVC, VC-1, MPEG with DTS-MA, TrueHD, and legacy audio all working.

The only one that would not play at all was The Matrix (1999) which I have two audio tracks (see below). MPC-HC was able to play it but insisted on playing the AC3 track. Not sure if or how to do audio switching. I can always re-rip my disc and just have TrueHD.

With WMP/MCE/Media browser the cpu load was slightly higher than with MPC but still under 10% so I'm a happy camper. I think ffdshow has a bug where it does not appear to display correct balloon/tooltip text for the audio input/output when hovering mouse over systray icon. AVR was displaying correctly as expected.

CCC and GPU-Z show different numbers (IIRC CCC shows 900), I don't know which to trust lol. So if it's not the clock speed, what could be causing this awful stuttering problem?

Also, the problem is only occurring on certain movies, and not even when it's at it's highest bitrate. I've seen it go fine at 38 mbps, but then at like 22 it'll stutter. I don't know if this matters...

Could this be an EDID issue? I'm using one of the ones from Tulli, maybe it'd help if it were the exact EDID info? idk...

I doubt mem clocks are the reason. My clocks are at 200/300 most of the time and at that I have no problem getting smooth 1080p video in all programs that can disable HW acceleration. The fact that CCC displays 900 like it should suggests that it's just a bug in GPU-Z. Do you have the latest version?

klillevo and cybrsage, seems your 600 MHz idle problem might be a "feature" of your card. From that newegg review, it seems the manufacturer implies this is by design. See more info here and the links posted there to reviews comparing this card with another 5670.

klillevo and cybrsage, seems your 600 MHz idle problem might be a "feature" of your card. From that newegg review, it seems the manufacturer implies this is by design. See more info here and the links posted there to reviews comparing this card with another 5670.

Yeah, just read about that. I have GPUz and just grabbed my bios.

If I grab my bios, could it be downclocked to save power and heat? Would reducing it from 600 to 300 make any real difference or cause any problems?

EDIT: I uploaded the bios to the site mentioned previously, so expect to see an entry for HIS HD 5670 512 MB soon. Here it is also, as well as the sensor log showing the frequencies.

I opened my HIS 5670 BIOS with the techpowrup ATI bios editor. Sure enough, clock info 01 is set to 600 and 900. When I open up the BIOS of other vendors' 5670s, clock info 01 is set to 157 and 300.

Interesting to note is that in UVD mode, the standard 5670 is set to run at 400 and 900. Is that too low? The default for the HIS is 600 and 900 during UVD mode. What is UVD mode and how does the card know it is in it?

I suspect I can change the clock info 01 to 157 and 300 with no ill effects. Anyone have any comments on if I should try that or not? Or any suggestions as to what speeds I should use for idle?

Yeah, you can't run two apps in exclusive mode, one of them won't sound, and probably will give you an error.

Ok, now I deactivated the possibility for an app to use exclusive mode, fired up madden, changed to pcm, no sound in the menus.. Still stopping foobar from playing. Then just for fun I fired up WMP, loaded up fine and kept playing the song throughout.
When shutting down the app though I get: "an audio device was disconnected or reconfigured" from wmp and then it stops playing the sound.
A bit weird imo, something funny seems to be happening and connection between the 5450 and avr seems a bit unstable. Anyone else experiencing the same thing with an onkyo+excl. apps? Tried asking in the onkyo thread but I suppose the "poof"ing sound when launching a game or such is common with these amps ?

edit: yeah the handshake pops seem to be common but its kind of irritating losing the connection

If I grab my bios, could it be downclocked to save power and heat? Would reducing it from 600 to 300 make any real difference or cause any problems?

EDIT: I uploaded the bios to the site mentioned previously, so expect to see an entry for HIS HD 5670 512 MB soon. Here it is also, as well as the sensor log showing the frequencies.

Be careful flashing your gpu bios and make sure you back up your original. The cards are throttled to low/high clock rates when not in use. Unless your running into issues with playback I'd leave it alone for now. My XFX card is super quite and the fan on my 5670 is inaudible. Is that your issue loud fan?